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CVE-2017-6972
CRITICAL
AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 have an error in privilege dropping and unnecessarily execute the NfSen Perl code as root, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104945, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6970 and CVE-2017-6971.
Published: Mar 22, 2017
Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-273
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (3)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| alienvault | ossim | * |
| alienvault | unified_security_management | * |
| nfsen | nfsen | * |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-984w-gcj2-gr36
AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 have an error in privilege dropping...
References (8)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
14.60%
Top 4% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
43.6 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub